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What people say about The Don and Vinyl Rights
"Phil is an above average DJ. Shop around first and book him if no one else is available" Sam Flanagan - Professional DJ
its` really hard sometimes to be honest with your friends about there music.. with Phil i have no problem.." Matt Cunnah - Pie shop owner
"I thought of the name" Greg Tulloch - long suffering friend
what he says about himself
The undoubted king of Funky-Hip-Tro-Bass-Step, (a genre he created just so he could be king of something), The Don, part of the legendary (in their own heads) Vinyl Rights collective, has been DJing regularly for the last 15 years. Through the years his style and music selection has developed from those initial days of hip hop snobbery to today’s view that a good song is a good song no matter what the genre. This quest has led to him stumbling across the Nu-Funk / Ghetto Funk scene and a lot of time is spent trying to introduce people to the delights of this genre. His open book approach to music and Djing results in an unpredictable but crowd pleasing approach, featuring live mashups and remixes, alongside crowd favourites and obscure gems dug from his dusty shelves of vinyl. His style has earned him three weekly residencies, trips to regularly play in Leeds, Manchester and London, and the the opportunity to play at some of the biggest independent nights that the region has to offer. Such as Shinobi, Pogo, Propaganda and Rebound. It has also led to him supporting numerous touring DJs and acts including but not limited to Radio 1extras takeover of Hull, Pendulum, Tim Westwood, Jack Beats, Scratch Perverts, Zane Lowe, Nero, Cut Chemist, Solid Steel DJ’s, Smoove, Benga, Hint and ghetto funk icons such as Featurcast and A Skillz.
His influence on the hull club scene was shown when he was interviewed by Radio 1 as part of the BBC takeover of Hull 1 of only 3 local acts to be included.
Lately these audio sets have been expanded with the use of carefully selected and edited video that is manipulated in time with the music to create an Audio Visual extravaganza. These nights are often put on with local VJ Eyesaw, (check out his work here http://vimeo.com/user1218352). These AV nights are branded under the Anti-Static banner.
A recently set up fan page is likeable here https://www.facebook.com/TheDon.VR
To subscribe to the Vinyl Rights Podcast head here. http://vinylrights.podomatic.com/
And for an example of his VDJ work head here. http://vimeo.com/34451586